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Armor-bearer
Armor-bearer Ar"mor-bear`er, n.
One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.
--Judg. ix. 54.
Bearer
Bearer Bear"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
``Bearers of burdens.' --2 Chron. ii. 18. ``The bearer of
unhappy news.' --Dryden.
2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the
grave; a pallbearer. --Milton.
3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order
for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
6. (Print.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off
the impression from a blank page; also, a type or
type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to
support the plate when it is shaved.
Bell bearerBell bearer Bell" bear`er (Zo["o]l.)
A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum),
remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. Cross-bearer
Cross-bearer Cross"-bear`er (-b?r`?r), n. (R.C.Ch.)
A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate
on solemn occasions.
Ensign bearerEnsign En"sign, n. [L. enseigne, L. insignia, pl. of insigne a
distinctive mark, badge, flag; in + signum mark, sign. See
Sign, and cf. Insignia, 3d Ancient.]
1. A flag; a banner; a standard; esp., the national flag, or
a banner indicating nationality, carried by a ship or a
body of soldiers; -- as distinguished from flags
indicating divisions of the army, rank of naval officers,
or private signals, and the like.
Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still.
--Shak.
2. A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice.
He will lift an ensign to the nations from far.
--Is. v. 26.
3. Sign; badge of office, rank, or power; symbol.
The ensigns of our power about we bear. --Waller.
4.
(a) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who
carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment.
(b) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the
navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant
in the army. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
Note: In the British army the rank of ensign was abolished in
1871. In the United States army the rank is not
recognized; the regimental flags being carried by a
sergeant called the color sergeant.
Ensign bearer, one who carries a flag; an ensign. Forbearer
Forbearer For*bear"er, n.
One who forbears. --Tusser.
Mace bearerMace Mace, n. [OF. mace, F. masse, from (assumed) L. matea, of
which the dim. mateola a kind of mallet or beetle, is found.]
1. A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as
weapon in war before the general use of firearms,
especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.
--Chaucer.
Death with his mace petrific . . . smote. --Milton.
2. Hence: A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate
as an ensign of his authority. ``Swayed the royal mace.'
--Wordsworth.
3. An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.
--Macaulay.
4. A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to
make it supple.
5. (Billiards) A rod for playing billiards, having one end
suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.
Mace bearer, an officer who carries a mace before person in
authority. Pallbearer
Pallbearer Pall"bear*er, n.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called
from the pall being formerly carried by them.
Shield-bearerShield-bearer Shield"-bear`er, n.
1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose
larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits
of leaves. Spire bearerSpire Spire, n. [L. spira coil, twist; akin to Gr. ???: cf. F.
spire.]
1. A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist. --Dryden.
2. (Geom.) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution
of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.
Spire bearer. (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer. Talebearer
Talebearer Tale"bear`er, n.
One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or
maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and
makes mischief.
Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did
their best to inflame her resentment. --Macaulay.
Torchbearer
Torchbearer Torch"bear`er, n.
One whose office it is to carry a torch.
Trainbearer
Trainbearer Train"bear`er, n.
One who holds up a train, as of a robe.
Underbearer
Underbearer Un"der*bear`er, n.
One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one
of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer,
or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
Water-bearer
Water-bearer Wa"ter-bear`er, n. (Astron.)
The constellation Aquarius.
Meaning of Beare from wikipedia
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Beare /ˈbɪər/ is a
village in the
civil parish of
Broadclyst in Devon, England. G.M. Miller, BBC
Pronouncing Dictionary of
British Names (Oxford UP, 1971)...
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Beare may
refer to:
Beare,
village in Devon,
England Beare Green,
village in Surrey,
England Beare Sound, Nunavut,
Canada Beara Peninsula,
County Cork...
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Beare is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Arthur Beare (disambiguation),
multiple people Charles Beare (born 1937),
British violin...
- Jon
Beare (May 10, 1974 –
October 5, 2023) was a
Canadian rower. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he
started rowing in 1988 and was a
graduate of the University...
- J & A
Beare (John &
Arthur Beare) is a
violin dealership and
repair shop in
central London founded in 1892.
While in
earliest incarnations, it constructed...
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Donal Cam O'****van
Beare,
Prince of
Beare, 1st
Count of
Berehaven (Irish:
Domhnall Cam Ó Súileabháin Bhéara; 1560 – 16 July 1618) was an
Irish nobleman...
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century "Vision of Mac Conglinne", in
which she is
named as the "White Nun of
Beare". The long
Irish language medieval poem, "The
Lament of the Hag of Beara"...
- Gary Ray
Beare (born
August 22, 1952) is a
former Major League Baseball pitcher who pla**** two
seasons with the
Milwaukee Brewers. He
batted and threw...
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- John
Beare (November 14, 1820 –
April 5, 1914) was a
farmer and mill-owner from
present day
Reach Township, Ontario.
Beare, was born in Bideford, England...
